Your patient tells you that he has just had an argument with his spouse over the phone. What can you expect that his sympathetic nervous system has stimulated his adrenal gland to release?
A) Endorphins
B) Dopamine
C) Epinephrine
D) Testosterone
Ans: C
Feedback: In the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary response to stress, the sympathetic nervous system stimulates the adrenal gland to release epinephrine and norepinephrine. Corticotropin-releasing factor, ACTH, and glucocorticoids are released in the hypothalamic-pituitary response to stress.
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